THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.
THEIR POSTPONEMENT URGED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. . _ Wellington, last Ni»ht. Tlie New Zealand 1 Modcrat 1 Jveasue has decided to present a petition to Parliament. praying for n postpoiiviiveut of the general cirections, 'with the obieet of preventing internal politie.il strife and bitterness. The petition sets forth: H) That we are fullv oua lifted ejectors of New Zealand, enrolled or entitled to •be enrolled on the several clec.tr.ral roll-, of the Dominion; (2) Thai the British Umpire. i» engaged in a war of impm". 1 - daited magnitude, -upon the result of which the happiness and prosperity of •tUs country wholly depends; (,'H Tlnit *4ilve whole attcntk.-n of the (lectors- of this country is and should be dircoted to assisting 'the Matter Country in fchk time of national danger: (-1) TlMt while great issues of ithe Empire are at stake, •we as electors) cannot give adequate attention to the interna-! po'iticM of the Dominion; (5) That the urp of political strife, and (lie dividing of parlies always ir.sebarable from- imrty rrganisation, would be deplorable at the present junc-lure.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 26 August 1914, Page 8
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179THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 26 August 1914, Page 8
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